Michéle du Plessis “As usual, the municipal manager of TCLM has not had the courtesy to respond to our many previous communications regarding this matter. Despite best efforts on the part of the SRA and numerous Engineer’s reports submitted to TCLM, we have not received any meaningful response about a way forward,” Captain Gwilym Rees, […]
Michele du Plessis “Don’t forget today’s IDP public participation meeting at 5 pm in Graskop town hall, it’s your only chance to voice opposition to the electricity, water, services and property rate increases planned for 01 July 2021,” Lance Gibson, Chairman of the Graskop Ratepayers Association posted on their WhatsApp group on April 29th. He […]
The Portfolio Committee on Health has noted and commended the Department of Health on restarting the Johnson & Johnson roll out vaccination programme. On Wednesday, the Committee received an update from the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize on the latest developments regarding the Johnson & Johnson clinical trials, vaccines procurement and progress on the […]
News Desk The Department of Basic Education has successfully implemented the Presidential Youth Employment Stimulus which commenced in December 2020. Through the Programme, over 25 950 School Governing Body (SGB) funded posts in public and government subsidised independent schools were saved. These posts came under threat due to schools experiencing financial distress, as a result […]
PART 4 Elections Councils are elected every 5 years. The last election was held on 5 December 2000. There are two types of elections: one for metro councils and one for local councils. Metro councils: In a metropolitan municipality, each voter will vote once for a political party on a proportional representation ballot. The parties […]